10 Weeks to go....WOW

Where has the time gone? Can't believe today we are officially 30 weeks along on our journey to becoming parents for the first time.

How exciting it has been and it just keeps getting better and better. We are excited for the big day to arrive and can't wait to meet little Annika and hold her and just love and spoil her :) kee kee kee How amazing it will all be.

I will admit though that I am also scared to death of the whole labor/delivery part of this journey. It's all just so scary and exciting and just crazy when you think about it. Will I go naturally or will I have to have a c section for whatever reason? I want so much to be strong when this time arrives and just take it all in for what it is all worth. I fear the epidural as I am not a big fan of needles to begin with and the thought of one going into my spinal cord, doesn't sit well with me at all. I just worry I guess. Plus i don't want to be drugged up or have Annika drugged up when she first comes into this world. I am praying really hard I can do this without the shot so Annika can be all natural when she arrives :) Wish me luck. lol

Jim and I are still trying to sell our home so we can all be back together again before the big day, but as each day passes we become a little more aware that it just may not happen before then. We will be starting with our new realtor tomorrow or Wed at the latest as our old one just did nothing to help with our home sale at all. Kind of sad but we are staying hopeful that this change will at least bring some foot traffic through and you just never know what could happen.

I have been doing well and Annika moves all the time. When she is not as active and I get myself all nervous I use my handy heart doppler and I have peace of mind once again. Love having that little amazing device. I have not gained a whole lot of weight but my doctor says I am right where I nee to be and doing awesome. Works for me :) YAAAAAA Love my little baby belly and I rub it all the time. She gets to listen to music every nite before bed for about a half hour each night and I talk to her all the time. It's funny to watch when I put the headphones on my belly and she hears the music, she just moves all over. Cracks me up. She listens to Baby Einstein right now and she seems to really like the calming sounds she is hearing.

We now go to see the doctor every 3 weeks starting in Sept. But all testing is done, thank goodness, so they will be just routine hopefully quick little visits. We visited the hospital and meet the staff a few weeks back and we were really happy with what we saw and heard. Everyone seemed really nice and they showed us a round the whole unit. We are all registered with the hospital as well as the cord blood donation process. So, just need to wait for her to be ready to enter this world and life as we know it will be changed FOREVER. We are so ready :)